brek

See also: Bręk and břek

English

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

brek (countable and uncountable, plural breks)

1. (informal) breakfast

See also

• brekkie

Etymology 2

Verb

brek

1. Pronunciation spelling of break.
   • 1897, William O. Stoddard, Crowded Out o' Crofield‎^[1]:

     "They were goin' to brek into me house, indade," said Mrs. McNamara.

   • 1900, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories‎^[2]:

     At a very early age his shrill voice could be heard calling in admonitory tones, caught from his mother's very lips, "You 'Nelius, don' you let me ketch you th'owin' at ol' mis' guinea-hens no mo'; you hyeah me?" or "Hi'am, you come offen de top er dat shed 'fo' you fall an' brek yo' naik all to pieces."

   • 1715, S.R. Crockett, Bog-Myrtle and Peat‎^[3]:

     If that's Gavin Stevenson, the muckle nowt, I declare I'll brek his ramshackle blunderbuss owre his thick heid."

Anagrams

• Berk, berk, kerb

Czech

Alternative forms

• brekot

Etymology

Deverbal from brečet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɛk]
• Hyphenation: brek

Noun

brek m inan

1. crying

   Synonyms: pláč, brekot, bek

   dát se do breku ― to start crying

Declension

Declension of brek (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	brek	breky
genitive	breku	breků
dative	breku	brekům
accusative	brek	breky
vocative	breku	breky
locative	breku	brecích
instrumental	brekem	breky

Related terms

• brečet

Further reading

• “brek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “brek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “brek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Faroese

Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, plural brek)

1. defect
2. disability
3. infirmity
4. hindrance
5. (computing) bug

Declension

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brek	brekið	brek	brekini
accusative	brek	brekið	brek	brekini
dative	breki	brekinum	brekum	brekunum
genitive	breks	breksins	breka	brekanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɛːk]

Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, nominative plural brek)

1. (uncountable) trickery
2. (countable) practical joke

Declension

Declension of brek (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brek	brekið	brek	brekin
accusative	brek	brekið	brek	brekin
dative	breki	brekinu	brekum	brekunum
genitive	breks	breksins	breka	brekanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /breːk/

Noun

brek n (definite singular breket, indefinite plural brek, definite plural breka)

1. a bleat

Verb

brek

1. imperative of breka

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰrégeti

Proto-Germanic *brekaną

Proto-West Germanic *brekan

Old English brecan

Middle English breken

English breakbor.

Polish brek

Borrowed from English break.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Syllabification: brek

Noun

brek m inan

1. break (large four-wheeled carriage)

Declension

Declension of brek

	singular	plural
nominative	brek	breki
genitive	breku	breków
dative	brekowi	brekom
accusative	brek	breki
instrumental	brekiem	brekami
locative	breku	brekach
vocative	breku	breki

Further reading

• “brek”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “brek”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)

Slovene

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *berkъ.

Noun

brek m inan

1. wild service tree, chequer tree (Sorbus torminalis)

   Synonyms: breka, brekovec

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian bracco.

Noun

brek m anim

1. hunting dog

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English break.

Noun

brẹ̑k m inan

1. break (four-wheeled carriage)

Further reading

• “brek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

West Frisian

Etymology

See the verb brekke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛk/

Noun

brek c (plural brekken, diminutive brekje)

1. break, fracture
2. fraction

Further reading

• “brek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Verb

brek

1. alternative form of brocke
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 10, page 88:

     T' brek up ee bathès h' had na poustee;

     To break up the goal they had not power;

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 88